Prioritization of Vaccines for Introduction in the National Immunization Program in the Republic of Korea.

ABSTRACT: This study presents a framework for determining the prioritization of vaccine introduction in the National Immunization Program (NIP) of the Republic of Korea, with a focus on case examples assessed in 2021 and 2023. We describe the predefined criteria for evaluating the prioritization of vaccines in the NIP and the established process in the Republic of Korea. These criteria included disease characteristics, vaccine characteristics, rationality and efficiency of resource allocation, and the acceptance of immunization. The process of prioritizing NIP introduction involved several sequential steps: a demand survey, evidence collection, preliminary evaluation, priority evaluation, and decision making. In 2021 and 2023, 14 and 25 committee members participated in evaluating the prioritization

SUBMITTER: Choi WS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11359589 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature